Brush for barrel-heads.



PATENTED SEPT. 17, 1907.

O. NEUPBLD. BRUSHPOR BARREL HEADS. APPLICATION nun JUNE 3. 1901.

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OSGARNEUFELD, OF UNION, NEW JERSEY.

BRUSH FOR BARREL-HEADS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 17, 1907.

Application filed June 2,1907. Serial No. 376,955.

To all whom "it may concern:

Be it known that I, OSCAR NEUFELD, a citizen of the United States, residing at town of; Union, Hudson county, State of New Jersey, have invented new and useful Improvements in Brushes for Barrel-Heads, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to a brush more particularly adapted to clean the heads of barrels in barrel scrubbing machines.

By my invention the brush may be readily set to barrels of different diameters, while the twigs or other scrubbing bodies are so secured to the brush-head that they will perform their function with increased eificiency and that their life is extended.

In the accompanying drawing: Figure l is a side View of my improved brush; Fig. 2 a plan of the brushhead, and Fig. 3 a section on line 33, Fig. 2.

The head of the brush is divided, being composed of an oblong longitudinal base 10 and of a pair of segmental end plates 11 that extend at right angles to the base and are adjustably secured thereto. Plates ll face each other with their straight sides, and each plate is slidable along one of the ends of base 10, which thus constitutes a common supporting rail. The meansfor adjusting plates v11 upon base 10, consist of a pair of rods 12, one of which is secured to each plate 1.1 and engages a pair of eyes or keepers 13, 14 fast on the base. Of these, keeper 13 is secured to base 10, near the outer end thereof, while keeper 14 is secured to such base at a suitable distance from its center. Keepers 13, 14 project beyond base 10, and thus constitute abutments that limit the movement of plates Rods 12 are provided with handles 15 adapted to be received. by recesses 16 in the ends of base 10. After brushes 11 have been set to the diameter of the barrel to be scrubbed, they are locked in position by plates 1.1 also carry scrubbing bodies 20, such bodies being set in a curve concentric to the outer edge of such plates. In this way, during the scrubbing operation, the rotation of the barrel will take place along lines concentric to the scrubbing bodies 20, so that such bodies are not apt to become broken or torn from their anchorage.

In order to enable the end brushes to reach the chime, as well as the head of the barrel, they are stepped as at 21. The outer scrubbing bodies 20 and the central scrubbing body 19 flare or converge towards their free ends, so that they will meet under all adjustments of plates 11 and traverse the entire surface of the barrel heads.

I claim:

1. A brush for barrel heads composed of a base, a scrubbing body secured thereto, a pair of end plates adjustably secured to said base at opposite sides of the scrubbing body, and scrubbing bodies secured to said end plates, substantially as specified.

2. A brush for barrel heads, composed of a base, a pair of segmental end plates arranged at right angles thereto,

means for adjustably securing the end plates to the base,

and scrubbing bodies secured to the base and end plates, substantially as specified.

3. A brush for barrel heads, composed of a base, a pair of segmental end plates arranged at right angles thereto, rods secured to the end plates, keepers on the base that are engaged by said rods, means for locking the rods, and

- scrubbing bodies secured to the base and end plates, substantially as specified.

4. A brush for barrel heads, composed of a base having a scrubbing body, and a pair of segmental end plates adjustable upon the base and having scrubbing bodies that are concentric to the outer edges of said plates, substantially as specified.

5. A brush for barrel heads, composed of a base having a scrubbing body, and a pair of segmental end plates adjustable upon the base and having stepped scrubbing bodies, the scrubbing body of the base converging towards the scrubbing bodies of the end plates, substantially as Signed by me at New York city, (Manhattan,) N. Y., this first day of June, 1967.

OSCAR NEUFELD. Witnesses:

' FRANK v. BRIESEN, ADOLPH MINER. 

